Issue 01 | 2008

*technikforu
m Paints | Varnishes | Building protection
Disinfectant resistance of interior paints

Actual
Naturally greyed
wood surfaces: A
new business field
for the craft industry

Rules and standards

Heat insulation
interlocking systems:
wind load
standard DIN
1055-4

Focus
Carbon-reinforced:
Emission-minimized
floor coatings

Report
In focus

Clean
facades
: Nano-
Quartz-
Grid
Techno
logy
2 Content

Editorial Proven product advantages - by Franz Xaver Neuer 03

Facade coatings In Focus Nanotechnology for modern coatings: 04

Facades behind Nano-Quartz-Gitter

Report More cleanliness, higher colour brilliance: 06

Crafts businesses rely on new high-tech facade paints

Focus Against algae and fungi: 09

Classical biocides instead of alternative concepts

Wood coatings Actual Naturally greyed wood surfaces: 13

A new business field for the craft industry

Thermal insulation Rules and standards New wind load standard DIN 1055-4 17

Compact ETICS construction sites: More efficiency, lower costs 28

Special topic Focus Carbon Edition: high-tech protection for insulated facades 19
„Carbon Edition“
Actual Interior wall paints: Carbon fillers usher in a new era 20

Compact Carbon on the floor: Emission-minimized coatings 21

Interior coatings Rules and standards For a healthy indoor climate: New standards for 22
indoor floor coatings

Report Disinfectant resistance of interior paints: 24

The surface remains beautiful in the fight against
viruses

Varnishes Practice High-quality varnishing: If sanding, then right 27

Report Waterborne paints: New airless spray guns with the 29

the right accessories for excellent results

Design Compact Excellent design competence: 30

FantasticFleece successful
30
Compact Spectrum 3.0: Innovative design software

Imprint 31

Editorial
Proven product benefits
by Franz Xaver Neuer
> The pace has increased. The global market
is determined by ever shorter innovation
and design cycles. To survive in
competition, companies must be flexible,
productive and innovative - always in the
customer's interest..
With the Nano-Quarz-Gitter Technology
(NQG) Caparol has now brought a new gene -
ration of facade paints onto the market, which
not only significantly reduces the tendency to
soiling and has a substantially higher colour
brilliance compared to conventional materials.
Numerous long-term studies have confirmed
that the new products combine the advantages
of metallic inks (surface hardness and
durability) with the advantages of dispersion
inks (chalk stability and flexibility) in an
inimitable way. Technikforum reports on the
scientific background of this technical
quantum leap and practical experience of
master painters with the new materials. It
should only be mentioned in passing that in
the further development of the Caparol Clean
Concept with AmphiSilan (NQG) Nespri-TEC
it is possible to use the properties inherent in
the product efficiently and in an
environmentally friendly manner by coating
facades with a fog-free spraying process.
Another innovation with a unique selling
point also opens up increased market
opportunities for the trade: these are
emission-minimised floor coatings, which are
thoroughly tested by TÜV in accordance with
the strict criteria of the Committee for the
Health Evaluation of Construction Products
(AgBB) and monitored annually for
compliance with the limit values. This
ensures a healthy indoor climate.
Carbon fiber
reinforced coatings
With the new floor coatings, Technikforum is
addressing the field of carbon-fiber-reinforced
materials. After the first carbon thermal
insulation composite system was established
on the market last year, the trade now also has
the opportunity to use this new technology on
floors and walls with verifiable product
advantages. While the carbon-reinforced floor
coatings are characterised by their special
resistance, the matt interior colour
PremiumColor is largely resistant to the
writing effect even with the strongest colours.
The raw materials used enable a high
durability with a simultaneous colour tone
variety of the coating. The carbonaceous
fillers protect the pigments anchored in the
binder through their extreme
Technikforum03
Franz Xaver Neuer is
technical manager at
Caparol and responsible
for paints, varnishes and
building protection.
hardness before abrasion and prevent the
formation of stripes characteristic to the
writing effect..
It is an illusion to control algae and fungal
infestation on the façade with biocide-free
alternatives. This is clearly demonstrated by a
comparison with facade paints containing
active substances. It becomes clear that
modern, structurally optimized coating
materials with biocide equipment approved
according to the Biocide Products Directive
and tested in outdoor weathering offer reliable
protection against infestation.
The disinfectant resistance of interior
paints is also a field the craftsman should deal
with. The selection of unsuitable coating
materials can cause damage that can result in
high refurbishment costs. Practical tips for
correct sanding and top finishes with the
airless spraying unit round off the current
Technikforum.
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 4 Facade coatings

In Focus

Nano-Quartz-Gitter
Nanotechnology for modern coatings – Von Dr. Thomas Brenner

> Nanotechnology is regarded as the

key technology of the 21st century.
Fundamental thoughts on this
technology come from the American
physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Richard Feynman, who gave a
groundbreaking lecture in 1959 on the
topic "There's plenty of room at the
bottom"[1]. Nanotechnology generally
describes the production, investigation
and application of structures with a
dimension smaller than 100 nm. The
decisive factor here is that new
functionalities are derived from the
nanoscaling of the system components
and result in property improvements of
Whether for classic residential and business buildings or for large areas: The high-tech facade paints
products. "These new effects and
AmphiSilan and ThermoSan with Nano-Quartz-Gitter technology also receive top marks from craftsmen
possibilities are predominantly based
on the ratio of surface to volume atoms and builders in processing and universal use.
and the quantum-mechanical
behaviour of the matter building
blocks"[2].
smaller than the diameter of a human hair based on the so-called Nano-Quartz
with approx. 60-70 µm. technology.
With around one million employees and
annual sales of € 230 billion, the construction
More dirt-resistant facade
paints
sector is one of the most important sectors in
Germany[2]. The task for the coming years Facades are exposed to weathering year in
will be to exploit the opportunities offered by and year out; sun, rain and frost stress the
nanotechnology for this important industry. A surfaces. High-quality facade colours make an
The word nanometer is derived from the concrete application of nanotechnology in
important contribution to preserving the value
Greek word "nanos" and means dwarf. One architectural coatings developed in recent
of a building by
nanometer is the billionth part of a meter (= years is the development of low-pollution
0.000 000 001 m = 10-9 m). A nanomer facade paints
behaves to a meter like the
diameter of a soccer ball to that of our globe
and is thus fifty thousand times References:
1. R. Feynman, Engineering and Science, Februar 1960, S. 20 ff.
2. Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport and Regional Development,
Einsatz von Nanotechnologie in Architektur und Bauwesen, Band 7 der Schriftenreihe
der Aktionslinie Hessen-Nanotech, August 2007, S. 9

offering many years of protection against
these harmful weather and environmental
influences. Water poses a particular danger to
plaster and masonry. Therefore, the most
important requirement for a coating material
is to keep rainwater and moisture away from
the masonry, but at the same time to achieve a
high diffusion capacity for air and water
vapour (breathability). Furthermore, facade
paints should embellish buildings and make
them appealingly colorful.
With the nano-quartz grid technology, a
completely new generation of facade paints
has been developed which combines the
advantages of silicate paints - high water
vapour permeability and low soiling - with the
advantages of emulsion paints - low chalking
and universal processing properties. The cause
of the soiling tendency of emulsion paints, the
thermoplasticity of the binder, is effectively
reduced by the nano-quartz grid technology
because the paint becomes "more mineral",
i.e. less thermoplastic. At the same time,
maintain the flexibility and universal
workability of a dispersion paint.
In the case of simple mixtures of
dispersion particles and silica-sol particles, the
latter agglomerate in the spaces between the
polymer dispersion to form a kind of water-
glass filler that cannot reduce the
thermoplasticity of the organic binder. In
nano-quartz lattice technology, the organic
binders contain silica brine, water glass
particles of 10-20 nm diameter as inorganic
nanoparticles that are finely dispersed in the
organic phase of the binder. Here, the organic
polymer matrix and the inorganic water glass
particles
Figure 1: Schematic representation of the filming of the NanoHybrid dispersion
filming
NanoHybrid dispersion
Particle size approx. 100-150 nm
Quartz particles approx. 20 nm
Figure 2: Scanning electron microscopy images
200 nm
Conventional facade paint
chemically bonded therein form an inseparable
unit, and the silica-sol particles form a three-
dimensional water glass network (quartz lattice)
in the organic dispersion film during the filming
of the nanohybrid binder. This is shown
schematically in Figure 1. Fig. 2 shows scanning
electron microscope images of the surfaces of
two facade colors. Compared to conventional
facade paint, the grid network of silica-sol
nanoparticles is clearly visible in the facade
paint with nanohybrid binders. The advantages
of Nano-Quartz-Gitter technology were
demonstrated in
Figure 3: Outdoor weathering plates in
Istanbul (90° for two years)
Conventional facade paint (left) and
facade paint with Nano-Quartz-Gitter technology
„Nano-Quarz-Gitter“
Quartz particle size approx. 20 nm
Technikforum5
200 nm
Facade paint with Nano-Quarz-Gitter technology –
the network of silica-sol particles is cleary
visible
many technical application tests. For
example, a two-year outdoor exposure in
Istanbul at 90° showed a significantly reduced
staining tendency of the facade paint with
Nano-Quarz-Gitter technology compared with
conventional facade paints (Fig. 3).
Furthermore, products with Nano-Quartz-
Gitter technology show no white tarnishing of
the binder (see Fig. 4) and a reduced fire load,
which enables a high development potential
of this technology.
The nano-quartz-grid technology is the
consequent further development of the Ca-
Figure 4: White tarnishing of dispersions
Conventional dispersion (left) and
NanoHybrid dispersion
parol Clean Concepts towards mineral and
non-thermoplastic surfaces, because it
combines the advantages of silicate paints
(non-thermoplastic, low soiling, high water
vapour permeability) with the advantages of
dispersion and silicone resin paint technology
(universal use, flexibility, chalking stability).
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 6 Facade coatings
Report
Longer durability, more cleanliness, higher
colour brilliance
Craftsmen rely on new high-tech facade paints - in conjunction
with Nespri-TEC it can also be fog-free
Spray on, roll on, ready: It is that easy to
coat plaster facades in the cloister with
Nespri-TEC. With the new high-tech paint it
is fog-free.
> A craftsman must be open-minded and keen
to experiment in order to stand out from
most of his competitors. Painter and
varnisher Karl-Heinz Zecher has been
convinced of this since his apprenticeship.
After more than a decade of successful self-
employment, his company today works
more than ever according to the maxim of
guaranteeing customers brilliant
craftsmanship quality at an economic price
by using tried and tested as well as
unconventional design techniques and
processing methods.
B Quality work can be done in various ways.
The respective task determines the choice of
means and the best way to reach the goal."
Karl-Heinz Zecher does not only give this
advice to younger colleagues. An example
from his wealth of experience illustrates what
he means: "When it was necessary to
embellish the Catholic church in
Zwingenberg with gold leaf, restoration
expertise, craftsmanship and tact were
required. However, I prefer to redesign a
large-area facade with the airless device."
This also explains why Maler Zecher was one
of the first companies to undergo intensive
practical testing of facade paints with Nano-
Quarz-Gitter technology: The high-tech
product developed by Caparol was applied to
the outer walls of a three-star hotel using
Nespri-TEC. With an area of 1,500 m², six
specialists were ready in no time at all. Since
then, the result has not only delighted the
restaurateur.
Colour change on the fly
„"I'm so glad you're done. How did you
manage to do that in such a short time?" The
surprise is literally written in Stephanie
Oberpichler's face. The owner of the
idyllically situated three-star hotel
"Waldesruh" in Mühltal near Darmstadt knew
of course that Caparol wanted to test a new
type of facade paint on her house. But it was
only when she looked at the curry-coloured
guesthouse that she became fully aware of
how quickly a building can change its
appearance. White in the morning, yellow at
noon - the seasoned businesswoman had not
even dared to dream of a "colour change on
the fly" until then.
Ideas for a nicer facade
Mist free spraying with Nespri-TEC is
already a fine thing. Where in former times
spots of paint lined the place of work of
practically every painter, today there are clear
conditions. The Nespray aggregate developed
by the J. Wagner group of companies together
with Caparol buzzes like a sewing machine.
With constant pressure, the airless unit
delivers the specifically adjusted ink exactly
to where the application is to be carried out. A
gentle pressure on the spray gun, the desired
colour tone flows from the bucket through the
almost endlessly long heated hose, which
heats the paint to 40 degrees Celsius. Then it
goes directly through the double nozzle to the
wall. The exact spray pattern is characteristic
of such Nespri TEC applications.
Impairments caused by paint mist, splashes or
splashes are a thing of the past. "With Nespri-
TEC, the craftsman can even wear a Sunday
suit on the scaffolding," smiles Karl-Heinz
Zecher, who recognized the future potential of
airless technology at its market launch.
Shortly afterwards he bought his airless
device: "I have never regretted this
investment. The use of technology has long
paid off in practice, both indoors and outdoors
on various drums". Actually this is no
wonder, because Karl-Heinz Zecher uses
technical innovations in a targeted way to get
into conversation with potential customers.
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Experten-Meinung

The master painter and

varnisher Karl-Heinz
Zecher from
Zwingenberg is a
member of the Bensheim
Painters' Guild. He
applied the high-tech
barrel paints developed
by Caparol to the
exterior walls of a hotel
using Nespri-TEC
without fog: "The result
was inspiring.

This works. You just have to find the right

words and formulate an attractive offer that
meets the customer's needs in all shades.
Since ZDF filmed his film, Maler Zecher has
been known far beyond Zwingenberg as an
innovative company that swears by Caparol
products and intelligent use of technology.
Application with Nespri-TEC is at least twice
as fast as with the roller alone. Two to three
specialists are sufficient for façade work; this
creates capacities for additional objects. On
top of that, the painter is spared the need to
carry and lift heavy paint buckets. As a rule,
the "recoating" with the airless device is
much cleaner and more even than by hand.
While the development of airless devices
was already a milestone, the current market
launch of nano-quartz grid technology marks
the beginning of an era that could
revolutionize the trade. Chemist Dr. Stefan
Kairies, Product Manager at Caparol,
summarizes the most important features of the
new generation of facade paints: "Up to now,
processors were spoilt for choice between
silicate and silicone resin paints. While
silicate paints offer properties such as high
water vapour permeability and low tendency
to soiling, silicone resin paints scored points
due to their high water-repellent effect, low
chalking, easy application and their almost
universal applicability. Die neuarti-
>

The idyllically situated Hotel Waldesruh in Mühltal is the first Nespri TEC object whose façade protects a

nano quartz grid. The new technology was developed by Caparol in Ober-Ramstadt..
 8 Compact
„Until now, the painter was spoilt for
choice between silicate and silicone
resin paints. While silicate paints offer
properties such as high water vapour
permeability and low soiling tendency,
silicone resin paints scored points
due to their high wash-repellent effect,
low formation, easy application and
their almost universal applicability. The
new facade paints with Nano-Quarz-
Gitter techages of both colour
clasnology combine the outstanding
advantses. A new brochure from
Caparol helps to talk to customers and
provides information about the
advantages of high-tech facade paints.
It is available under the keyword "Nano-
Quarz-Gitter" (article number 823835)
from Caparol Farben Lacke
Bautenschutz, Werbemittelservice,
Roßdörfer Straße 50, 64372 Ober-
Ramstadt, Fax 06154-71544,
info@caparol.de. As a special service
Caparol Handwerksbetrieben also
offers the possibility of a company
imprint in the flyers. A film on the topic
can also be seen on the homepage
www.caparol.de or www.nano-quarz-
gitter.de For further information, please
contact the Caparol Press Department
on 06154-711097.
> The innovative facade paints with Nano-
Quarz-Gitter technology combine the
outstanding advantages of both colour
classes. So we are talking about a real
quantum leap. Län-
Facade coatings
Longer durability, exemplary cleanliness and
higher colour brilliance are three further effects
that can be achieved by using facade paints
with nano quartz mesh
How this works in detail is something
like this: This groundbreaking development
was made possible by a completely new
formulation. In nano-quartz-grating.
technology, inorganic quartz particles and
organic pure acrylate combine through a
chemical reaction. The quartz particles,
which are only a few billionths of a
millimeter in size, are distributed evenly
and develop a three-dimensional lattice
structure during film formation. The
nano quartz lattice claws
the plaster or masonry, which the
facade provides a particularly high level of
resistance.
Cold shower for
the dirt
The lattice structure is based on acrylate
bridges that connect adjacent quartz particles.
These connections are strong and flexible at
the same time. This makes the surface of the
coating extremely robust, so that dirt particles
and spores cannot adhere. The effect: The
façade remains clean for much longer; the
colour image appears brilliant. Should
individual, particularly stubborn particles
nevertheless succeed in attaching themselves
to the façade at short notice, they will be
replaced by the next gust of wind or rain
shower at the latest. This "self-cleaning"
property is supported by tiny quartz particles
that create a rough surface. This favours the
formation of a wafer-thin, full-surface water
film in rain, which contributes to both
comprehensive cleaning and rapid drying of
the façade. The silicone coating reliably
prevents water from penetrating into the
coating. In the opposite direction, however,
water vapour can reach the surface, where it
evaporates over a large area. What leads to
soiling and disturbs the appearance has no
chance on nano quartz lattice facades.
Heinz Held,
Managing Director
and authorized
signatory of the
building decoration
Steuernagel & Lampert
, tested the new
facade paints in
practice: "What we
have noticed, was the excellent
processability. There were no problems
here. What impressed us, however,
was the high colour brilliance.”
This is unanimously confirmed by craft
businesses. Before the product came onto the
market, the colour was tested in practice.
Kairies comments: "It is important for us to
face the criticism of the users in advance in
order to be able to carry out possible
improvements before the product comes onto
the market. Master painter Heinz Held also
tested the new high-tech paint. He has worked
for 39 years at Steuernagel & Lampert in
Groß-Bieberau, where he is authorized
signatory and managing director. The
company he runs is one of the largest in the
industry, employing around 70 people, five of
whom are master craftsmen. Steuernagel &
Lampert celebrates its 60th anniversary this
year and is the largest painting company in
the region. For testing the new paint, Held
had planned an assignment in which the
facade of a kindergarten had to be redesigned.
"What struck us was the excellent
processability. There were no problems here.
What impressed us, however, was the high
colour brilliance that was shown here." For
the master painter, the new technology fits
into the business concept: "We see this as an
opportunity to further improve the quality of
the execution of our orders for our customers
and thus maintain our position in the market.“
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Shrubs and trees promote the growth of algae and fungi enormously.
Focus
Against algae and fungi
Classical biocides instead of alternative concepts: Film preservation of
coatings – by Dr. Thomas Brenner
It all began 13.7 billion years ago with the
Big Bang, before the galaxies, the Milky
Way and our solar system were formed
about 4.7 billion years ago. About 3.5
billion years ago our world experienced
biological evolution - and the first
bacteria and algae colonized the earth.
Only since approx. 200.000 years there is
the human being.
This brief look at the life story of our world
quickly reveals how long it took algae and
fungi to adapt to the living conditions on our
planet. During this time they have learned to
populate all possible habitats and surfaces on
this earth. The earth is their planet, and so it is
no longer surprising that facade coatings are
also inhabited by them.
Technikforum9
The basic prerequisite for colonisation is the of outdoor exposure. These open-air
presence of water, not too extreme weathering phenomena prove urgently that
temperatures and nutrients. Conditions, unequipped systems can quickly become
especially on the north and west sides of algae and/or fungus in critical situations (Fig.
plastered thermal insulation composite 1).
systems exposed to rain. The human as
builder-owner tries to delay the algae and
fungus infestation of his house as long as
possible. Nowadays, this is classically
achieved with organic biocides (bios = to live
and caedere = to kill). These biocides or film
preservatives protect a coating against
microbial attack by fungi or algae after
application. What all these substances have in
common is that they must be identified in the
framework of the Biocidal Products Directive
98/8/EC in product type 7 and notified in the
future and have proven their effectiveness in
coating in microbiological laboratory tests
(DIN EN 15457/15458) as well as in several
years
Figure 1: Synthetic resin plaster after one
year outdoor exposure, west exposure, 90°,
location Ernsthofen. On the left unfinished,
on the right equipped synthetic resin plaster
 10 Facade coatings

Figure 2: Synthetic resin plaster after ten years of outdoor exposure, west exposure, 90°, Ernsthofen. Surface affected by algae and fungi

Left: synthetic resin plaster, right: unfinished under the microscope

> On the other hand, equipped systems
remain virtually free of infestation under
extreme conditions for many years (Fig. 2).
Nowadays, mixtures of mostly one algicide
and two fungicides are used, which support
each other in their effectiveness and
compensate for any gaps in their
effectiveness..
Some of the film preservatives used in
the paint industry are widely used as
pesticides or in cosmetics. Carbendazim,
for example, is a fungicide frequently used
to prevent the spoilage of strawberries and
other fruit. Irgarol and terbutryn are widely
used as herbicides or herbicides in
agriculture, and zinc pyrithione is permitted
up to a concentration of one percent in
dandruff shampoos.
A basic rule that has been proven in practice
is that the combination of coatings optimised in
terms of building physics in conjunction with
structural rules (sufficient roof overhang etc.)
and suitable biocides offers optimum protection
of the coating against algae and fungal attack.
mode of action. The discussion on this subject
is conducted in the professional world and in
a broad public with high emotionality and
often with little expert knowledge. The
alternative "biocide-free" protection systems
under discussion include:
• Silicate paints/lime paints
• Colours with silver/nanosilver
• Photocatalytic coatings
• Hydrophilic/Hydrophobe Systems
• IR-reflecting colours
• paints with hollow spheres
• Colors with Phase Change
Materials (PCM)
Silicate paints and lime paints offer temporary
protection against microbiological attack of
the surface due to their high pH value.
However, the surface is neutralized after
approx. one year and surface colonization
begins (Fig. 3). In addition, there are fungal
species that survive at high pH values.
In recent times, the positive efficacy of
(nano)silver has been highlighted by some.
It should be stressed here that silver must in
principle be treated like any other biocide
under the Biocidal Products Directive, i.e.
silver must also be supported in product
group 7. The common opinion that silver is
not a biocide in the classical sense is
therefore definitely wrong.
Already in antiquity the excellent
bactericidal effect of silver was used by
protecting water from spoilage by storing it in
silver vats. Less known is that it has poor
biocidal activity against algae, yeasts and
moulds. This can be nicely demonstrated in
microbiological laboratory tests and field
trials. Samples equipped with (nano)silver
biocide alone do not pass the tests or are
overgrown, while very good results are
achieved with conventional biocide
equipment.

Alternative
film preservatives
Despite the undoubtedly proven protective
effect of biocides and their prescribed official
and legal registration, biocides are also the
subject of public criticism because of their
Figure 3: Silicate plaster after five years of outdoor exposure, west exposure, 90°, Ernsthofen.

From the left: Silicate plaster equipped with 1 %, 0.5 %, 0.2 % algicide and unfinished (right)
 Technikforum 11

Another insurmountable problem with

(nano)silver is its tendency to discolouration,
which must be described as no longer
acceptable for pigmented coating systems at
concentrations of approx. 30 mg/kg (see
Figure 4). In the field of film conservation,
therefore, the expectations that were placed in
preservation containing silver alone can be
described as excessively exaggerated and
absolutely unrealistic.
One method of combating algae and Figure 4: Discolouration of a facade paint caused by silver biocides.
fungal infestation, which has been repeatedly Left conventional film preservation; middle 360 mg/kg Ag2O; right 30 mg/kg NanoSilver
mentioned and discussed in recent years, is
photocatalysis. The ability of the The argumentation chain for hydrophilic
semiconductor and white pigment titanium systems is that moisture or water deposited
dioxide to undergo redox reactions upon For some years (super-)hydrophobic and on the coating spreads evenly over the
irradiation with UV light and to react (super-)hydrophilic systems have been the surface, penetrates and evaporates faster

Rural urban environment provides a good breeding ground for algae and fungi.

with organic substances deposited on the
surface is used here. The decolorizing effect
against coffee, tea, red wine, mustard, ketchup
or tobacco stains or a degrading effect against
organic pollutant molecules such as
formaldehyde, nitrogen oxides or fatty acids is
known. The photocatalytic effectiveness can
also be proven against bacteria and fungi, but
alone is not sufficient to protect a facade from
fungal and algae attack.
subject of controversial discussion among
experts. Superhydrophobic systems are
systems that form a contact angle of > 130°
with a drop of water. With a contact angle <
90° one speaks of hydrophilic systems. It is
known from many years of practice that
superhydrophobic systems are not sufficiently
protected against algae and fungal attack
without organic biocidal equipment.
overall. The overall drier surface (measured
in hours) is better protected against algae
and fungal attack, and organic biocides can
allegedly be dispensed with. In this case,
too, the outdoor weathering results on a
thermal insulation composite system
already show fungal infestation beginning
after half a year (cf. Figure 5).
>
 12 Facade coatings
Figure 5: Hydrophilic plaster after half a year of outdoor exposure in Ernsthofen, west exposure 90
> Kompakt
Protect in time before the facade turns
green. Over time, more and more
surfaces take on an unattractive, greenish
discolouration. The brochure "Stop for
algae and fungi" provides information on
the reasons for this. It is available with
Caparol colors lacquers building
protection, means of publicity service,
Roßdörfer road 50, 64372 upper
Ramstadt, fax 06154-71544,
info@caparol.de, www.caparol.de
> For some years now, it has been hoped that
so-called IR-reflective systems will be used to
combat algae and fungal infestation. The aim
would be the development of facade paints
with reduced heat emission to avoid falling
below the dew point and thus to form dew on
facades.
This is an interesting basic research that
has not yet left this stage. One reason for
this is that IR-reflective pigments are not
yet available in white and not everyone
appreciates a silver or aluminium-coloured
facade.
Ein Another approach is the percentage
addition of hollow microspheres made of
borosilicate glass, ceramic, expanded perlite
in different sizes (10-120 µm) and wall
thicknesses (0.5-2 µm). It is said that the
moisture-regulating effect of the hollow
microspheres prevents unwanted greening of
the façade. However, no physical or thermal
effects could be measured on coatings with
hollow spheres, and corresponding systems in
outdoor weathering are already massively
algae after short periods of one year (cf. Fig.
6).
For years, latent heat storage systems
working with so-called phase change
materials (PCMs) have been discussed. The
core of such PCM systems are paraffin waxes
of different melting temperatures, which are
enclosed in an acrylate shell.
Figure 6: Paint with hollow spheres after one year of outdoor exposure in Ernsthofen, west exposure 90°
When the wax melts, latent (hidden) energy is
now stored, which is released again at night at
lower temperatures during crystallization. The
surface of a thermal insulation composite
system can thus be kept free of condensation
for longer and algae growth is reduced. First
approximations show that the influence of the
PCM material on the surface temperature is
low, since the maximum PCM
quantity that can be used in a structural
plaster is approx. 25 %. Tests showed that
the condensation time could only be
reduced by 2-5 %. The fire thermal load
entering the system via the PCM must be
regarded as an absolutely serious
disadvantage.
Conclusion
The causes of algae and fungal attack on
coatings are manifold, but the availability and
presence of water is decisive. The most
important basic rule is therefore to keep the
facade dry. Modern coating materials
optimised in terms of building physics, with
biocidal equipment approved in accordance
with the Biocidal Products Directive and
tested in outdoor weathering, offer reliable
protection against algae and fungal attack.
"There are many "biocide-free" alternatives,
but it is to be noted that none of the concepts
discussed above is convincing and has
undoubtedly proven its effectiveness over
years of practical testing. There is no biocide-
free panacea that can compete with proven
biocide-treated coatings in terms of
effectiveness and durability. <
 Wood coatings Technikforum 13

Example of a modern prefabricated wooden house designed with Capadur GreyWood. The special GreyWood wood stain is particularly popular in
prefabricated wooden house construction to guarantee the desired greying right from the start.

Actual

Naturally greyed
wood surfaces
A new business field for the handcraft industry – Von Franz Xaver Neuer

> Wood does not have to be protected. Wood
protects itself. With this attitude, wood is
often used outdoors in a modern but also
traditional style. Mainly wooden facades
and undersides of roofs (not dimensionally
accurate wooden components) are used
uncoated and should turn beautiful grey
due to the weathering. The main models for
this are mountain huts and barns, which
defied the weather for many decades, often
for more than 100 years, and thus appear
silvery grey.
Myth of larch
When choosing the "right" material, planners,
architects and building owners pay attention
to the quality of the wood and like to use
larch. According to many experts, it is said to
be very resistant to other types of wood. It is
certified that wood protection is essentially
unnecessary. This question must be addressed
in a more differentiated way by comparing
larch with spruce and oak. Spruce is
inexpensive and the most frequently used type
of wood in Germany.
Oak has traditionally proven itself as a
high-quality building material for windows
and timber frameworks, but it is also
expensive.
The table on page 14 shows that the larch
is more resinous and somewhat more durable
than spruce. The durability of wood is
classified from class 1 with very durable to
class 5 with not durable. All sapwood
components, regardless of the type of wood,
are classified in durability class 5 (non-
permanent). There are species of wood,
especially conifers, which have a high
proportion of sapwood such as spruce.
>
 14 Wood coatings
Table: Comparison of wood species, source BFS Leaflet No. 8
type of
wood softwood hardwood resin leakage discolourations bluing hazard durability class
spruce X X
low
larch
tree X X
X X
strong
oak X X
> As a rule, only hardwoods such as oak have a
pronounced heartwood content. The
construction material is always the heartwood,
which is generally more durable because it is
denser and richer in wood constituents.
Therefore, compared to the durability class,
the oak is much more resistant than the larch.
However, the high resin content of larch is at
the same time a huge disadvantage in terms of
coating technology.
Conclusion: Larch is a high-quality
softwood, but hardwoods such as oak are
more efficient. If larch is used on the
facade, it will certainly not be pure
heartwood, but always a mixture of
sapwood and heartwood. Therefore, at least
constructive measures must be taken,
preferably combined with chemical wood
protection measures to prevent
discolouration such as blue fungus. Resin
flow must always be expected during
coating, even if any resin leaks and resin
pockets have been carefully removed in
advance. The larch has many hidden
reservoirs of resin that cannot be removed
completely under any circumstances. This
should be pointed out to the client (duty of
care).
Naturally greying
Back to the vision of the silver-grey mountain
huts - the dream of using wood on the façade.
Why dream? Objects in which wood is
supposed to naturally turn grey provide
information about this. It turns out that the
greying process takes many years and only
takes place in the directly weathered areas. At
first, the south and southwest orientation turns
grey the fastest. Some of the orientations to
the east or north take much longer.
core Splint
X X 4 5
twigs
3–4 5
twigs
X 2 5
iron Splint
But what about protected areas such as eaves,
niches, bay windows, windowsills? These
facade areas turn grey much more slowly than
the surrounding areas. The result is an uneven
and spotty appearance.
This optical deficit often leads to criticism
among the owners and residents of such
houses. Especially since the owner expected
the look of the uniformly silver-grey
mountain hut. The problem is exacerbated by
the fact that, in addition to the grey
discoloration caused by sunlight, the wood
also turns blackish due to infestation with
blue fungus. This is why, in addition to the
uneven greying caused by sunlight, there is
also a black colouring caused by fungal
coating. The silver-grey mountain hut thus
initially remains a utopia.
What is the big difference between the
model of silver-grey mountain huts and the
reality of modern buildings? One reason is
that the mountain huts are often over 100
years old and have had time to fade.
Natural: Untreated, an approximately ten-year-old wooden façade appears unevenly grayed and discolored..
The construction of the houses is also very
simple and has few ornamental details.
Previous and protruding components are only
insignificantly small on these buildings.
Therefore, there are more uniform areas that
can grey evenly. In addition, the climatic
conditions and the clean air are partly
unfavourable for black-dyeing fungal
infestation.
Modern house construction, on the other
hand, is characterised by bay windows,
niches, many windows, protruding window
sills and other festive details that make these
buildings so attractive. They are mostly
located in settlements and cities. As a result,
pollution and air pollutants from industry and
traffic are more pronounced. In addition,
unlike the mountain hut, the buildings do not
stand on their own. Due to these differences,
the natural greying process inevitably
produces different results than in mountain
huts.
How does the natural
greying process work?
Fresh, untreated wood is exposed to ageing.
Constructively protected so that moisture
touches and reaches the surface, but always
drains without being trapped in water traps.

After treatment with a special wood glaze, the façade has an attractive
appearance..
It should be noted that as far as possible no
end grain surfaces are directly exposed to the
weather. Sun, rain and wind have an equal
effect on wood outdoors.
UV radiation from sunlight damages the
lignin (binding agent of the wood) so that it
becomes water-soluble. During this process,
the wood turns brownish-red to dark brown.
This process is also known as burning the
wood surface. In the second step, the rain
washes out the lignin that has become water-
soluble. As soon as it is washed out of the
surface of the wood, the cellulose fibre is
present in the uppermost wood layer without
protection. Now, the power of UV radiation
from the sunlight is once again adding to the
cellulose by bleaching it out. This makes the
wood silvery grey.
This process is overlaid by a partly very
fast infestation with blue stain fungi and an
associated black colouring. Then, of course,
the silver-grey colouring of the wood is not
visible. Both the silver-grey colouring of the
wood and the black blue fungus have a UV-
protective effect on the wood underneath.
When scraping off the top layer of damaged
wood, the healthy, unpolluted wood reappears.
Therefore it is quite correct that wood can
protect itself. Whether it meets the
requirements in terms of appearance,
however, is questionable.
Natural: Bluish fungi on wood cannot be prevented without suitable painting
techniques.
Optical deficit: How can the
processor use it?
Since the wooden facades were not originally
coated, they are usually also not renovated by
painting measures. Should the owners
nevertheless decide to do so if they are not
satisfied with the optical result, the following
should be noted: A great deal of preparatory
work needs to be done. The weathered top
layer of wood must be completely removed.
Otherwise the load-bearing capacity of the
coating, whether wood stain or wood paint, is
not ensured. In addition, as a rule, a covering
coating must be used, as otherwise there is the
danger of a stained appearance.
However, it would be much better to be
involved as a processor in the initial coating
and new construction. This is as solution-
oriented as possible in order to meet the
wishes of the planner and architect, but also
of the client. The task itself is simple. A paint
solution must be found that simulates natural
greying. The origins for this lie with the
prefabricated timber house industry, which
has dealt intensively with precisely these
concepts, especially in Austria. Similar to
southern Germany, building with wood has a
tradition there. In 2003-2005, for example, a
project was started together with renowned
manufacturers in the prefabricated timber
house industry and Synthesa, a member of the
Caparol group of companies, to realize the
naturally greyed wooden façade using paint
technology.
Technikforum 15
The silver-grey look should resemble the
silver-grey mountain huts as much as
possible. The following requirements must
be met:
• Thin-layer wood glaze or similar
with high transparency and low
layer structure
• Weathering by UV light from the sun,
wind and weather without flaking
• Silver-grey appearance
• If possible, wood-protective
mode of action
• If possible, selectable colour
spectrum of greying.
After extensive test series, it became clear
that an ideal solution was found with water-
dilutable materials based on Al-Kyd resin
thin-film glazes. The new glazes have the
advantage that they degrade evenly in the
weathering behaviour without flaking. In
addition, there are many years of experience
with such materials in the prefabricated house
industry and in the processing trade in
Austria. This is important because they did
not want to enter completely new territory.
Since a simple grey colouring was not the
solution for the silver-grey look, experiments
were carried out with effect pigments such as
aluminium bronze and iriodines. After
numerous mixing experiments, a solution
>
 16 Wood coatings
> with several special iriodines was found
which could ideally imitate the silver-grey
appearance. At the same time, this solution
was suitable for implementing various grey
shades at the customer's request using
today's mixing systems (ColorExpress) both
at the factory and at the dealer. After
several field trials with various
prefabricated timber house builders, this
new development was able to establish
itself.
The mode of action of Iriodin in the
water-dilutable alkyd resin thin-film glaze
causes the wood surface to appear differently
grey depending on the sun's incidence and
light - once duller, once silvery. This is
analogous to a naturally greyed wooden
surface. This was the technical solution for a
new business field of the processor.
If the processor processes untreated
wood, proceed as follows:
• Wood impregnation with water-
thinnable Capacryl wood preservative
primer
• Two to three wood glazes with the
iriodine-pigmented, silvery grey and
water-thinnable alkyd resin wood glaze
(Capadur GreyWood).
The film protection ensures that the surface is
also protected against mould infestation and
that the silver-grey appearance is retained. If
the client decides that he wants to expose the
silver-grey glazed wood surfaces to the sun
and the weather without further care and
renovation measures, this is possible due to an
even weathering tendency. The advantage is
that even the protected areas are already
silvery grey at the beginning and a uniform
image is maintained for a long time.
A side effect of pigmentation with iriodines is
that the UV resistance of these glazes
increases significantly compared to normally
pigmented glazes. Field tests and outdoor
weathering have shown this equally. This can
be explained by the fact that Iriodin, like
aluminium bronze, reflects UV radiation more
strongly and does not convert it into heat.
That is why dark colours such as anthracite
are also possible without the effect of
tempera-ture effects as strong as with an
ebony glaze. The surface heats up less. This
reduces the risk of cracking, reduces the stress
on the surface and glaze and leads to longer
durability. The use of this special glaze is
possible on all wood components such as
dimensionally stable, limited dimensionally
stable and not dimensionally stable - due to
the included film protection limited to the
outside area.
As a rule, the processor is not so much
commissioned to coat the new façade
cladding or the new wooden house, but rather
to refurbish it. In this case, too, the wish to
provide the wooden components with the
artificial greying described above can be met.
Since old coatings are usually present during
renovation and/or a non-uniform and stained
appearance is present due to weathering and
this remains visible due to reworking with
wood glazes, the graining technique is ideally
used as a method.
During remediation, the processor
should proceed as follows:
• All raw wooden components are
impregnated with a wood protection
primer
• Opaque primer with Capacryl Adhesive
Primer in the colour 3D Palazzo 250
• Two wood glaze applications with
iriodine-pigmented, silver-grey,
water-dilutable alkyd resin wood
glazes.
With this construction, a silver-grey wood
surface is achieved, although the substrate
is completely covered. This makes
renovation and refurbishment ideal for the
specialist tradesman, in addition to
reworking. <
Compact
„Natürlich inspiriert“: Under this title
Caparol presents a 30-page brochure
dealing with the current possibilities of
designing wooden surfaces. Grey sets the
tone, because the natural appearance of
weathered wood is increasingly preferred.
Capadur GreyWood is a new, non-layer
wood glaze based on alkyd-acrylic resins,
which contains special effect pigments and
is equipped with a film preservative. With it
the different and lively appearing effects of
naturally greyed wood could be achieved,
as they are produced by the sunlight.
The brochure is available from Caparol
Farben Lacke Bautenschutz,
Werbemittelservice, Roßdörfer Straße 50,
64372 Ober-Ramstadt, Fax 06154-
71544, info@caparol.de, www.caparol.de
 thermal insulation Technikforum 17

Rules and standards

A new wind is
blowing on the
facade
Thermal insulation composite systems in practice: Effect of the wind load
standard DIN 1055-4 by Oliver Berg

> The revised provisions of the wind load Wind zone map: Division into four zones
standard came into force at the beginning
of last year. However, it is still often
unclear what effects the new standard will
have in practice. What does it mean in the
implementation of thermal insulation
composite systems (ETICS), what does it
change in daily work??

Of the forces acting on buildings and

structures, wind loads are probably the most
frequent and intensive. Fortunately, the
materials normally used in building
construction also exhibit significantly higher
strengths for short-term loads (wind, storm)
than for permanently acting loads.
Nevertheless, studies by meteorologists and
insurance companies have shown that the
number of storm catastrophes worldwide has
increased sixfold since 1950, but the resulting
economic damage to buildings has been 16
times
Wind zone 4
higher.
Wind zone 3
These changed conditions were taken into
Wind zone 2
account in the wind load standard DIN 1055,
Part 4. It has been legally binding since 1 Wind zone 1

January 2007 and thus also has a

corresponding influence on the number of
dowels used in the processing of ETICS. For
the first time, the European concept for the

According to the new standard, four regional wind load zones are defined over the area of Germany. They take into

account the different wind speeds and thus set a parameter for determining the wind loads. A certain wind load is

assigned to each wind load zone.

determination of wind maps on the basis of
wind zones was transferred to regulations
for buildings.
The influence of the wind on buildings is
now viewed in a much more differentiated and
precise way than before. Extensive
engineering calculations are now required.
The influence of the wind load depends not
only on the corresponding wind zone,
regional location, topography of the terrain,
but also to a large extent on the respective
ground roughness of the location as well as
geometry and height of the building.
To calculate the prevailing wind loads, the
standard opens up two options: the so-called
"standard procedure" and the "
simplified procedure". For both variants,
the required anchor quantity must be
calculated.
Since even the "Simplified Method" is still
connected with an individual consideration of each
individual building and a high computing effort, a
"practice-oriented method" was agreed between the
>
 18 thermal insulation
ETICS Association and the German Institute
for Building Technology (DIBt). The wind
loads for buildings with a maximum height of
25 metres are summarised here and the
quantities of anchors classified for this
purpose are given. The required number of
tables can be obtained from Caparol. This
method covers over 90 percent of all ETICS
applications nationwide.
However, for buildings over 25 metres or
wind zone 4, the quantity and arrangement of
anchors in terms of area must be calculated
using the "standard method". This must be
done within the framework of classical
implementation planning or during the
preparation of the award of contract and the
drawing up of the specifications for the
respective building by a verifiable engineering
office or a verifiable structural engineer. In
principle, the following three calculation
Illustration: Evaluation of the three variants for calculating the required anchor quantity using a practical example
variants are available for the design of the
number of anchors required in each case:
The "standard method" (generally
for buildings over 25 m high and/or
for buildings in wind zone 4,
calculated anchor quantity)
The "simplified method" (for
buildings up to a maximum height of
25 m and wind zones 1-3, calculated
anchor quantity) It's up to her: The new wind load standard defines
The "practical method" (for buildings how many anchors are to be used for fixing the
up to a maximum height of 25 m and insulation panels to the respective buildings in
within wind zones 1-3, quantity of different regions.
dowels from tables)
Then a uniform anchor quantity/m² can be
For simplicity's sake, the ETICS processor
used over the entire building area. While the
should carry out the "practice-oriented
other methods require a different number of
procedure". Here, the required number of
anchors for the respective surface and height
anchors can be easily determined - as before -
areas, the costly "gridding" of the façade by
from the corresponding tables. All you have to
means of constriction is not necessary here.. <
do is first determine the wind zone (from the
wind zone table for the respective location of the
building), the corresponding building height
(max. 25 m) and the type of insulation board.
 Carbon coatings
Focus
High-tech protection
for insulated facades
Carbon fibre-reinforced system greatly increases shock and impact resistance
Section through nanocrystalline embedding of a
carbon fiber in CarboNit: Carbon fiber-reinforced
facade insulation proves to be extremely
resilient, impact-resistant and safe. Carbon is
often used when materials have to withstand the
highest loads.
> With the new Carbon Edition, Caparol has
launched a system that enormously
increases the impact and shock resistance
of thermal insulation composite systems
(ETICS). The performance-enhancing
high-tech material increases resistance to
mechanical stress such as hail or
vandalism. But even the small crimes of
everyday life such as knocked over
bicycles or stray footballs leave no traces.
The insulation thus reliably maintains its
function for decades.
The main role in this system is played by the
Capatect Carbon reinforcement spatula. Their
construction is crucial for strength and
stability. Today, this product already exceeds
the European ETAG 004 ETICS directive,
which has set the highest mechanical
resistance class of ten joules, by more than 50
percent. At the same time, the building
Technikforum 19
material buffers thermally induced stresses
because it absorbs the forces generated
within the reinforcement layer and
transmits them evenly to the special carbon
fabric. This also means that building
owners can now choose darker colours for
the exterior design. Where previously the
limit of the specific light reference value
was 20, it can be reduced to 15 thanks to
carbon fibers.
Highly resistant to mechanical
damage
If you want to protect the often affected base
and entrance areas of your building against
potential impact loads, you should also use
CarboNit. This reinforcing compound is
processed in two layers (including fabric in
each layer). This increases the resistance.
Expressed in figures, this means an impact
strength of up to 50 joules.
A brochure with further information about
carbon ETICS can be requested from Caparol
Farben Lacke Bautenschutz
(Werbemittelservice, Roßdörfer Straße 50,
64372 Ober-Ramstadt, Fax 06154-71544,
info@caparol.de, www.caparol.de).
<
The ball drop test determines the resistance of
thermal insulation composite systems with
plaster layers according to the European
test specification "Guideline for European Technical
Approval/ETAG 004". Both reinforcement materials
of Edition Carbon are significantly better than the
test limit of the standard of ten joules. The products
of the Carbon Edition withstand impact strengths of
15 or 50 joules - the surfaces
therefore remain intact under very
heavy loads..
 20 Carbon coatings

Actual

Colour brilliant
and hard-wearing
Interior wall paints: Carbon fillers usher in a new era – by Rudolf Kolb

> The current colour trends for interior walls

offer many possibilities to realise
individual ideas. The paint and varnish
industry offers matching wall paints,
which can be supplied in a wide range of
colours and gloss levels. Bright and bold
colours turn once boring walls into a
special eye-catcher.
.

The increasing demand for strong colours is

often confronting processors with a number-
of issues that need to be solved. These
include hiding power, colour brilliance and
repairability of tinted goods as well as their
durability. Especially the so-called writing
effect, also known as white break, is
particularly pronounced with dark shades
of wet abrasion resistance classes 1 and 2
quickly reach their limits in this area.
Even a slight mechanical stress on the
surface, e.g. scratching with the fingernail,
undesirable optical limitation of the wall
sidelight. This phenomenon causes an
surface and often leads to to a complaint by
the customer.
Füllstoffe auf Carbonbasis
The reason for the striping is as follows:
Each opaque colour contains fillers as well
as pigments. They are used for coloured
coatings of pigments. In the case of glossy
coatings, the pigments are coated with the
binder, whereas in the case of matt
The carbon-reinforced interior paint (left) prevents the writing effect, while it is applied to
conventional coatings. is unavoidable (right).
coatings they are exposed on the surface.
On contact or friction with matt surfaces,
the pigments are pushed aside, so to speak
- the light fillers come to light. This makes
the spot appear brighter. At the same time,
smooth surfaces are created at the affected
areas, which means that the incident light is
directed in the direction of the human body.
Eye reflected.
Until now, the writing effect could only
be avoided by the use of glossy, binder-rich
coatings (for example Latex Satin 20).
However, a silk-gloss surface is not always
desired by clients, architects and planners.
For this reason, a compromise has always
had to be accepted.
Caparol has taken on this problem and
after intensive research has developed a
matt interior colour called PremiumColor.
The coating is largely resistant to the
writing effect even with the strongest
colours. This unique property is made
possible by the use of special carbon-
based binders and fillers. The raw
materials used enable the coating to be
highly durable while at the same time
offering a wide range of colours.
Protecting the carbonaceous fillers the
pigments anchored in the binder

durch ihre extreme Härte vor dem Abrieb
und verhindern die Entstehung der für den
gleich ermöglichen die verwendeten Füll-
stoffe aufgrund ihrer geringen Eigenfärbung
eine hohe Farbintensität und Brillanz ein-
zelner Farbtöne.
Höchst strapazierfähig
PremiumColor is a coating of wet abrasion
resistance class 1, which can be used as a
tone like protective finish on surfaces that
have already been coated with Indeko-plus
in the desired shade. The use of
PremiumColor increases the durability of
an inner wall surface and protects it from
the writing effect.
This colour can be used in a wide range of
applications. It can be used in highly
frequented stairwells, lounges, industrial and
production halls as well as in clinics and
hospitals due to its resistance to
disinfectants. The product is emission
minimized and solvent-free. It can even be
used in children's rooms and
kindergartens without hesitation. can be
used.
PremiumColor is currently only available
as a base material and must be tinted in
the desired shade using the
ColorExpress system before processing.
< also well suited wherever small flooding can sometimes occur (e.g. in laundry cellars or
Dark tinted: Then the so-called writing
effect can be clearly seen with
conventional matt interior wall paints.
Compact Technikforum 21
Da bleibt das Klima prima
PrimaKlima!
Emissionsminimierte Bodenbeschichtungen sorgen für ein gesundes Raumklima.
Carbon on the floor:
Emissionsminimierte Beschichtungen
für eine gesunde Raumluft
Bautenschutz
Floors in households, but also in kindergartens and schools
CAPAROL
Krankenhäusern und vielen anderen öffentlichen Gebäuden
benötigen unempfindliche Beschichtungen, die keine
Schadstoffe an die Raumluft abgeben. Neue emissionsmi-
nimierte Bodenbeschichtungen von Caparol machen das
jetzt möglich. Sie wurden vom TÜV auf ihre Unbedenklich-
1
are tested and ensure an excellent indoor climate.
The new floor coatings are not only recommended for health
reasons, they also offer a variety of attractive design options. The floor
surfaces are therefore not only hard-wearing, they also have a high-quality
surface appearance..
Caparol's new coatings are suitable for storage rooms, lounges, showrooms,
balconies and offices. But they have also proven themselves on floors in cellars,
corridors, staircases, garages, oil collection pans and on stairs. Disbon 404 Acrylic
Floor Seal and Disbopox 442 Garage Seal are also carbon-reinforced and
therefore particularly resistant.
Caparol has been using carbon since 2007. Figuratively speaking, carbon fibre
reinforcement in floor, wall and facade coatings can be imagined as a net-like
structure. Strictly speaking, it is a matrix that usually consists of several layers. It has a
stabilizing effect and is integrated into the respective carrier product in an
application- specific manner. The higher the fibre volume proportion, the greater the
resistance to abrasion, impact, mechanical shocks and wear. The qualitative
difference to conventional comparison products is considerable.
Disbon 404 Acrylic Floor Seal is the ideal coating for all rooms that need simple,
easy-care surfaces. The single-component roller coating is suitable for all smooth
screed floors, can be tinted in numerous colours on ColorExpress stations and can be
made even more attractive with chip scattering and subsequent top sealing with
the low-emission Disbon 405 clear seal.
Disbopox 442 garage seal is predestined for garage floors or bicycle cellars. It is
resistant to plasticizer migration (i.e. in the normal household sense tire-proof), but is
in washing and sanitation rooms). By coating the floor with Disbopox 442 garage
seal with carbon, it is particularly impact and abrasion resistant, highly wear resistant
and very easy to clean. Ideally, a non-slip sealant should also be applied in such
rooms, which can be applied with the equally emission-minimized Disbopur
458 PU-Aqua seal.
With the new materials, Caparol has developed a new
generation of emission-minimised floor coatings, which are
thoroughly tested by TÜV in accordance with the strict
criteria of AgBB and monitored annually for compliance with
the limit values. Further information can be found in a new
brochure. It is under the keyword PrimaKlima with
Caparol colors lacquers building protection free of
charge available (means of publicity service, Roßdörfer
road 50.64372 upper Ramstadt, fax 06154-71544,
info@caparol.de, www.caparol.de).
Roßdörfer Straße 50, 64372 Ober-Ramstadt, Fax 06154-71544,
 22 interior coatings
Rules and standards
So that the indoor climate is right
New standards for indoor floor coatings – by Marcus Kopp
The 2-component epoxy resin Disboxid 420 E.MI Primer is ideally suited for levelling rough substrates
with mechanically heavily loaded floor surfaces..
> People need an environment in which they
can live healthily. They spend a lot of time
indoors. Therefore, the quality of the air is
important for health and general well-
being. For the best possible room air, the
materials used should be formulated with a
minimum of emissions as far as possible.
The provisions of the state building
regulations apply in Germany. These stipulate
that structural installations must be
constructed and maintained for the use of
construction products in such a way that
"public safety and order, in particular life,
health or the natural foundations of life must
not be endangered" (Sec. 3 Model Building
Code, MBO). Building products used to erect
buildings or installed in buildings must meet
these requirements in such a way that
"chemical, physical or biological influences
do not cause hazards or unreasonable
nuisance" (§ 16 MBO).
In Germany, the environmental and health
authorities, together with the building
authorities, founded the "Committee for the
Health Assessment of Building Products",
AgBB for short. The Committee developed a
scheme for the health assessment of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) from
construction products used in interiors.
Products that are in direct contact with the
indoor air are of primary interest for the
emission tests. The larger the area of the
product, the greater the relevance of the
material's emitting substances.
The AgBB scheme enables a uniform and
above all comprehensible evaluation of
construction products.
Primers with Disboxid 420 E.MI Primer are
applied in return, flooding with a rubber
slide..
This assumes that the minimum
requirements of the building codes for the
protection of health with regard to
emissions of volatile organic compounds
are met, provided that the limit values
specified in the scheme are complied with.
The legal foundations have been laid.
They oblige all parties involved to
examine and evaluate the health effects of
construction products placed on the market
and used.
In the building rules list B, part 1, floor
coverings were already included under
1.18.1. Appendix 06 (2006/2) states: "For
health protection reasons, the construction
product/kit may only be used in recreation
rooms and associated ancillary rooms if
proof of its harmlessness to health is
provided by a general building supervisory
approval.“
This mainly affects interiors such as
private living and day rooms (living rooms,
bedrooms and bathrooms, kitchen and
hobby rooms). However, public buildings
such as schools, kindergartens, hospitals,
sports halls

, libraries, restaurants and other event
rooms also fall under the regulations.
The European standard DIN EN 13813
(screed mortar, screed compounds and
screeds) specifies requirements for screed
mortar used for floor constructions in
buildings. Coating systems are classified
according to this standard and bear the CE
mark after conformity assessment. In addition
to the CE-marked products for sensitive
interior areas, coating materials approved by
the German Institute for Building Technology
according to the AgBB scheme will also be
required in future. The new building
regulations list, which will be published in
summer 2008, stipulates these changes. From
then on, only approved products may be used
in buildings.
Strict testing criteria
Caparol has already taken up this challenge in
the development of special coating materials
for interiors. In cooperation with the
accredited Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz
Institute for Materials Analysis and Indoor Air
Chemistry for the basic tests and TÜV Nord
for production monitoring, well-known bodies
were commissioned with the AgBB tests for
compliance with the strict criteria. It is
Table: Emission-minimized floor coatings and their areas of application
product
Disbon 404 Acryl-BodenSiegel und
Disbon 405 Klarsiegel
Disbopox 443 EP-Imprägnierung und
Disbopox 442 GaragenSiegel
Disboxid 420 E.MI Primer und
Disboxid 421 E.MI Coat
Disbopur 458 PU-AquaSiegel und
Disbopur 459 PU-AquaColor
Further information on areas of application, substrates and processing can be found in the current
"Technical Product Information" on the Internet (at www.caparol.de).
Technikforum 23
Scheme for the health assessment of VOC and
SVOC emissions from construction products
1. measurement (3 days after application of the
assumed that the products are only used in
coating) Test for :
classic living and recreation rooms where TVOC 1)
3
≤ 10 mg/m3 ? no Rejection
people spend particularly long periods of yes
time. For this purpose, the indoor air in the
test device (test chamber) is tested after
Sum of all determined
carcinogens3 ≤ 0,01 mg/m3 ? nein Ablehnung
yes
three and 28 days for the quantity of
measurement (28 days after application of the coating)
substances hazardous to health after Test for:
coating has been applied. The leaking TVOC 1) ≤ 1,0 mg/m3 ? No Rejection
28
substances
are determined using an ongoing exclusion yes
procedure. If the concentration is exceeded in Sum of all
SVOC28 2) ≤ 0,1 mg/m3 ? no Rejection
one step (see diagram), the test is not passed.
yes
Conversely, a building product that meets the
conditions required in the flow diagram is
Sum of all determined
carcinogens28 ≤ 0,001 mg/m3 ? no Rejection
suitable for indoor use in buildings. The so- yes
Valuable substances:
called NIC values (lowest concentrations of Applies to all
interest) are used for the evaluation. The NIK VOC mit NIK3) R = ∑ Ci / NIKi ≤ 1 ? no Rejection
value list is determined and published yes
Non-evaluable substances:
exclusively by the AgBB committee with the Is the sum of all VOCs without NIK
?
no Rejection
participation of industry and manufacturers'
∑ VOC28 ≤ 0,1 mg/m3
associations. This list serves the testing yes
institutes for the evaluation of VOC (volatile
The product is suitable in
organic
Innenräumen geeignet !
compounds), SVOC (low volatile organic 1) Total Volatile Organic Compounds = Total
concentration of volatile organic compounds
compounds) and TVOC (sum of all VOCs).
Existing products that have been 2) Semi Volatile Organic Compounds = low
volatile organic compounds
successfully used on the market for many
3) Lowest concentration of interest
years, as well as new developments, have
been subjected to these tough tests. The
difficulty was to
use combinations of ingredients in the
formulations that did not result in an
exclusion from the strict measurements.
The result is the emission-minimized
floor coatings of the Caparol -
"primaKlima" series. The tested and
externally monitored products can be
selected according to the respective
fields of application requirements with regard to mechanical
load capacity and intended use.
Storage, lounge, exhibition, hobby and cellar From methacrylate dispersion for
rooms. Personnel, technical, storage and supply ancillary rooms such as basements, storage
rooms as well as corridors and stairwells rooms, two-component water epoxy resins for
corridors, offices or hobby rooms to solvent-
Storage, recreation, exhibition and hobby rooms free two-component epoxy resins for areas
as well as cellar, staff and technical rooms. subject to high mechanical stress, a number of
storerooms, washrooms, sanitary and supply rooms products were positively evaluated. In
as well as corridors, staircases, garages and
workshops addition, 2-component aqueous polyurethanes
can be applied as renovation coatings to
Production areas with forklift traffic, existing 2-component coatings. Since some of
canteens, auditoriums, staircases, the products can be tinted on ColorExpress
recreation and event rooms machines, all shades were also tested and
evaluated. <
Classrooms, offices and industrial halls
 24 interior coatings
Report
The surface remains beautiful in the
fight against viruses
Disinfectant resistance of interior paints – by Rudolf Kolb
In the past, wall surfaces in hospitals were rather simple and monotonous.
Therefore the selection of the right coating was rather easy.
> Working in hospitals, practice rooms, old
people's homes and nursing homes are
sought after by many craft businesses. In
earlier years, painting in such facilities
was uncomplicated and not very
problematic. The walls were mostly
covered with glass fabric and coated with
a uniform latex paint. The wall surface
should be hard-wearing and easy to clean.
Less emphasis was placed on colour,
design and surface structure, so that a
silk-gloss coat of white was usually
sufficient.
Architects and clients have changed in the
meantime. Not least the demands of the
planners, -by the realization that a "correct"
interior design has a positive effect on
people, it becomes increasingly more
colorful. The white and shiny wall surfaces,
which often appear sterile and cold, have to
give way to a matt coating. At the same time,
the materials used should meet the same
requirements with regard to durability and
cleanability as well as resistance to
disinfectants.
Discussion about test certificates
Against this background, the disinfectant
resistance of interior paints is becoming
increasingly important. In many tenders, this
requirement becomes the main criterion for
product selection. Most manufacturers have
adapted to this and have test certificates
issued which confirm the resistance of their
products to disinfectants. It is therefore
necessary to discuss what disinfectant
resistance means and why it is becoming
increasingly important.
Depending on the patient's clinical
picture, a high concentration of infectious
viruses and dangerous bacteria can occur in
the air and on the surfaces of a treatment
room. One reason for this is that the patient
and other people themselves are a source of
contamination. During their stay in the room,
they come into contact with many objects.
This also includes wall surfaces, especially
near the bed and the light switches. With
every contact with the surface there is the
danger of virus or germ transmission. In
addition, microorganisms can be distributed
in the environment by saliva and blood
droplets or other body fluids. Since
immunocompromised persons are often
present in handles, the risk of infection by
existing pathogens is high.
Practical: The disinfectant resistance of Caparol
interior paints is determined in the Dr. Robert-
Murjahn-Institute for coating materials, facade
systems and healthy living using an abrasion tester
according to ISO 11998..

No friction loss: The standard method for testing
the resistance of disinfectants neglects
mechanical influences. As a result, the area is
not subjected to as much load as is customary in
practice.
In order to protect other patients and the clinic
staff from infection, surfaces and rooms are
cleaned and disinfected selectively or
preventively, depending on the expected risk
of infection. Hygienically perfect cleaning and
surface disinfection in hospitals and other
medical areas serves both cleanliness and
infection prevention to protect patients and
personnel. It goes without saying that the
patient environment must be free of dust and
impurities and thus in an attractive condition
for patients, visitors and employees.
Disinfection should prepare the room so that it
can be used without risk of infection.
The rooms of a practice or clinic must be
given different hygienic attention depending
on their use. This leads to individual
disinfection plans in which the frequency, the
disinfectant to be used and the procedure are
described. It must also be checked whether
germs and bacteria have been successfully
eliminated. This is the responsibility of the
hygiene officer of the respective institution.
But not only clinics and hospitals are
subject to strict hygiene requirements.
Numerous laboratories, food processing
companies, veterinary clinics and other
facilities also require a high degree of
cleanliness. Wherever high demands are
placed on hygiene, the use of disinfectants
within the wall surfaces cannot be ruled
out.
Disinfection on the
test bench
The disinfection of wall surfaces is usually
carried out by the so-called surface
disinfection. This means the killing or
inactivation of microorganisms on surfaces by
chemical means. Surface disinfection can take
place simultaneously with or after surface
cleaning. In practice, there are essentially two
types of surface disinfection. The most
commonly used method is the application of
disinfectants to the surface with subsequent
mechanical distribution (scouring and/or
wiping disinfection). The prescribed exposure
time must be observed urgently. This process
allows the wall surface to be subjected to a
greater or lesser degree of stress. Another
possibility of surface disinfection is the
nebulisation or evaporation of formaldehyde
in the absence of persons and is only used, if
at all, for extremely rare and aerogenically
transmissible diseases.
Technikforum 25
Clinics today place increasing
importance on sophisticated
coloured walls. The choice of
the optimal coating material is
therefore much more difficult
In human medicine, preparations are used for
surface disinfection which have been tested
and approved. They are usually supplied as
concentrates and must be used diluted
according to the manufacturer's instructions.
The exposure time is the time between
application of the disinfectant and the killing
or inactivation of microorganisms. During
exposure, the surface to be disinfected must
be wetted with the disinfectant.
Effective disinfection depends on the
exposure time and concentration of the active
ingredient used. Chemical disinfectants can
contain a number of different active
ingredients. These include phenols, alcohols,
aldehydes, surface-active compounds,
halogens, oxidants, metals and metal salts,
acids and alkalis. These active ingredients are
not only deadly to microorganisms, but can
also attack and damage surfaces. This also
includes wall paints. At first glance, some of
the active ingredients mentioned appear
aggressive in comparison to conventional
paints, but the concentration and exposure
time are decisive. In the case of unsuitable
wall paints, the surface may change
depending on the concentration of the active
ingredient and/or the exposure time. This
often manifests itself in a sticky surface,
discoloration of the coating, change in gloss
and heavy soiling. These possible damages
cause an undesirable optical restriction of the
entire surface. However, they can be avoided
by selecting suitable products that are
resistant to disinfectants.
Today, most paint manufacturers are able
to produce interior wall paints that are
resistant to conventional surface disinfectants
regardless of their gloss level.
>
 26 interior coatings

Table: Caparol interior paints and disinfectant resistance

® ® ® ®
Water Amocid Cloramin T Trihydrat Dismizon pur Incidur Spray* Buraton® 10F Microbac forte

drug class Water phenols Org. chlorine compound per connection alcohols aldehydes amines

MattLatex ++ + ++ + – + ++

Indeco plus ++ + ++ + – + ++

Latax Samt 10 ++ + + + – + +

Amphibolin ELF ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++

Sylitol-LithoSil ++ + ++ ++ ++ ++ ++

PremiumColor ++ + + + – ++ +

++ = very resistant / no changes occur

+ = resistant / hardly perceptible changes of the surface

– = low resistance / clearly perceptible changes
* Incidur® Spray is a disinfectant that is usually used to disinfect metals, plastics and painted surfaces (less on painted wall
surfaces).

> As a rule, these are high-quality products of
wet abrasion resistance class 1 or 2.
The resistance of the materials to
disinfectants is usually tested by accredited
institutes and documented by corresponding
test certificates. Since no specially
standardised method exists for determining
the disinfectant resistance of interior paints, in
most cases a test method is used which makes
use of DIN EN ISO 2812-4 (Coating materials
- Determination of resistance to liquids, Part 4
pot/staining method).
Note the mechanical effect
In this test procedure, a coated surface with
different disinfectant concentrates - diluted
in accordance with the manufacturer's
instructions - is dripped onto the surface to
be tested. To prevent excessive evaporation,
the drops are covered with a glass bowl. After
the prescribed exposure time at room
temperature, the board is cleaned under
running water and examined for visible
changes. The perceptible surface changes
are then documented and evaluated in the
results documentation. With the described test
method, the influence of disinfectants on a
paint layer can be determined, but there is no
realistic reference to practice, since the wetted
surface is not subjected to any mechanical
stress during the test. For surface disinfection,
the disinfectant must always be applied to the
surface and distributed mechanically
(scouring and/or wiping disinfection). The
mechanical effect plays an important role in
the success of disinfection. The movements
and pressure can break open dirt, which
facilitates the action of the disinfectant. Due
to the additional mechanical load, the surface
is subjected to much higher stress than with
the test method based on DIN EN ISO 2812-
4.
Thus it can happen that a coating does not
initially show any optical changes when
merely wetting its surface with a disinfectant.
However, if mechanical stress (chafing,
wiping) is added, the surface is attacked and
its gloss, surface structure or colouring is
altered.
To make the test simulation as realistic as
possible, the Dr. Robert-Murjahn-Institut in
Ober-Ramstadt has developed a test
procedure that tests the disinfectant resistance
of coatings under the simulation of
mechanical effects. The ink is first applied to
a neutral PVC film with a squeegee (300 µm
gap height) and dried for 28 days in a normal
climate (23° C/50 % relative humidity). The
coated film is then attached to an abrasion
tester according to ISO 11998, which is also
used for testing wet abrasion resistance
according to DIN EN 13 300, and moistened
with the disinfectant solution. Then the
coating is loaded with 40 test cycles (wiping
movements) with a cellulose sponge, which is
also impregnated with the disinfectant
solution. The test surface is then rinsed with
clear water and visually assessed. With the
described test procedure the load of the
coating can be realistically represented with a
conventional surface disinfection.
 varnishes Technikforum 27

Practice
The results of the test experiments will be Mehr Effizienz
presented in a study conducted by Dr.

Robert-Murjahn-In-die
and summarized. The evaluation shows
beim Schleifen
which different groups of disinfectants react
under the influence of mechanical stress. Damit auch weiche Acryllacke bestens vorbereitet werden
Due to the increasing demand for
disinfectant-resistant products and the
associated test certificates, Caparol has
commissioned the Dr. Robert-Murjahn-
Institut to test all relevant latex and interior
dispersion paints of wet abrasion
resistance classes 1 and 2. The test
results are now available and can be
requested if required. The table on page
26 lists some interior colours from the
Caparol range with the corresponding
resistance level to tested disinfectants.

Conclusion
Disinfectant resistance of interior paints is an
issue that should be addressed by both the
hospital management and the planners and
Filling doors are sanded with the random orbital
sander (grinding stroke 5processors. The
selection of unsuitable
coating materials can cause damage
which can result in high renovation costs.
In principle, it should be clarified in
advance by which procedure, how often
and with which agents a surface
disinfection is carried out in the
respective facility. On the basis of this
data, a suitable product can then be
determined via the inspection of the
product advertisement and the
corresponding test reports. Since no
paint manufacturer is able to test all
disinfectants on the market for compatibility
with its products, a test cleaning is always
recommended before the use of unknown
agents. The respective disinfectant should
be applied to a little visible place of the wall
on the compatibility with the paint can be
tested. Ideally the processor should carry
out this test before starting the painting work
on a test plate through the process.
< sanding and sanding lacquered
Filling doors are sanded with the random orbital sander (grinding stroke 5
mm) and Abranet sanding net (grain size P 320).
Grinding is not one of the
most popular activities, especially
if you have to struggle with
old thermoplastic coatings. For
a high-quality finish, however,
correct and thorough sanding
is absolutely essential.
. holes in the grinding wheel. The
The employees of Caparol Application
Technology in Ober-Ramstadt also know
this. After training courses, colleagues have
to sand the painted filling doors again and
prepare them for the next training course. A
lot of things come together. Fortunately,
time has not stood still in the development
of abrasives. In application technology, for
example, water-dilutable paints and all
other paints have not been sanded with
classic sandpaper for a long time. Today,
Mirka's Abranet sanding net is used for
surfaces. The advantages over
conventional abrasive paper quickly
become clear at work. The open mesh
structure enables effective dust
extraction over the entire surface of the
abrasive mesh. With sandpaper, this
can at best be done through a few
grinding dust then quickly clogging
the surface. If the substrate now
also reacts thermoplastically and is
exposed to frictional heat softens,
an early change of the grinding
wheel is due.
The open structure also improves the
dissipation of frictional heat, which also
contributes to the up to six times longer
service life of the abrasive net. All this
leads to a significantly more effective
grinding performance. A grain size of
P 320 is completely sufficient for sanding lacquer
surfaces.
>
 28 varnishes

> With conventional sandpaper, the varnisher

often uses coarser grains to compensate for
the rapidly decreasing sanding performance
by clogging the surface. However, this
leads to grinding or scratching marks,
especially in the case of a subsequent spray
coating, which then become disturbingly
visible in the side light..
Dust-free sanding, stability and
effectiveness and thus lower costs of the
abrasive net have meanwhile led to the fact
that abrasive paper is hardly to be found in the The random orbital sander is connected to an industrial vacuum cleaner. The mesh structure of the grinding wheel

Caparol application technology. < Bernhard sucks off the dust over its entire surface. A suitable grinding disc is required (as shown here).
Linck

Dust-permeable abrasive net with silicon oxide grain and white sterate
coating: The additional coating with sterate ensures a more uniform grinding
result. Grinding is not too aggressive at the beginning. The open structure The profiles of the filling door are sanded with an abrasive fleece (e.g. Mirka

and optimum dust extraction prevents the formation of dust knots and Mirlon). The abrasive fleece is particularly suitable here, since the risk of sanding

prevents scoring in the surface. through the profile edges is significantly lower than with abrasive paper.

> Compact-thermal insulation

Mature machine technology ETICS construction

sites: More efficiency, lower costs
In façade insulation with composite thermal insulation systems (ETICS), about 70 % of the
total costs are now accounted for by the wage share. Successful entrepreneurs have
recognized this and rely on measures and techniques with high rationalization potential.
Thermal insulation composite systems that can be applied quickly and safely are in demand.
Fewer work steps, sophisticated machine technology and logistics suitable for the
construction site are starting points for reducing costs..

The combination of OneWayBox and Capa-M

The OneWayBox has established itself on ETICS construction sites, particularly in the
continuous mixer is particularly useful in detached and
one- and two-family house business with facade areas of less than 200 square metres.
semi-detached houses. Innovative site logistics make it
Powdery adhesive and reinforcing compound as well as pasty products can be
possible to install ETICS much faster, especially on
transported in the practical one-way container from Caparol. Depending on the material,
small to medium-sized construction sites. When
the mini silo can hold up to one tonne. The associated Capa-M continuous mixer runs
insulating with the disposable container, not only the
with a standard 230 V power connection, which is available on every construction site. In
world's smallest continuous mixer weighing just under 50
addition, Caparol has now developed a mortar pump that works with 230 volts and
kg is now content with 230 V electricity, but also the new
enables shorter set-up times, especially on smaller ETICS construction sites..
mortar pump.
 Technikforum29

Report

So that paintwork
succeeds perfectly
Waterborne paints: New airless spray guns with the right accessories for
excellent results – by Bernhard Linck

The first airless spray guns were used more

for high-viscosity coating materials and
large-area applications. Painting was
carried out with compressed air, HVLP or
compressed air-assisted spraying processes
(AirCoat). However, airless spraying
technology has developed considerably in
recent years. Today, handy and powerful
devices are available with which
particularly water-thinnable paints can be
painted with perfect surface quality. All
Caparol application technicians who have
been trained in the use of new airless spray
guns have recently been able to see this for
themselves.

This training was also a comparative test of

two device types. The Graco ST MAX 395
and the Wagner Finish 350 Teamspray
Two airless spray guns, two concepts: On the left the Graco ST MAX 395 and on the right the
Wagner Finish 350 with TempSpray.

Which device would give the better spray
results on a filling door with Capacryl PU-
Satin? The basic principle of both devices is
comparable. An electrically driven pump
delivers the paint to the nozzle. The pump
pressurizes the paint and presses it through
a small nozzle bore. This is done without
additional air - in English: airless. The
coating material is atomized by the sudden
pressure drop when leaving the nozzle.
The difference lies in the detail. The
Graco ST MAX 395 works with a piston
pump, which generates the pressure
electronically controlled, while the Wagner
Finish 350 works with a diaphragm pump.
The nerve-sparing advantage of the Graco
was the low operating noise, which could
only be heard when actuating the trigger lever
on the pistol. In principle, both units provide a
uniform spraying pressure of up to 200 bar,
i.e. without it pulsating or falling off during
spraying. Also the exchange of hose and gun
Wagner TempSpray: Paint can be heated from
20° C to 60° C in the hose.
of the two manufacturers to the other
device showed no differences here.
The two different variants of the airless
paint application are interesting. Graco relies
on optimized nozzle technology, Wagner on
additional heating of the coating material by
means of TempSpray hose heating. With the
new WAGNER Temp-Spray heated hose
system, the paint is electronically controlled
and heated from 20 to 60° C as required. This
happens in the hose and is not unproblematic
with solvent-based paints. The flash point
temperature of the paint must be taken into
account. The paint must never be heated
above the flash point temperature specified by
the paint manufacturer, and depending on the
product, this can be as low as 35° C. in the
same room.
>
 30 Design

Excellent design competence

FantasticFleece successful
The readers of the wholesale and retail magazine "eurodecor" have decided: The "Best
product in terms of saleability" is called "FantasticFleece". They justified the decision for
the Caparol surface technique with the very special effects that FantasticFleece creates in
connection with glazes. Refined depth effect and transparent multi-layered effect due to
unique glaze application enable a unique appearance. The award is further proof of the
colour manufacturer's claim to be an innovation leader in design competence. Product
managers Ernst Hübner and Ute Schader from the Caparol Press Department were
therefore delighted when they received the certificate from "eurodecor" editor Alexander
Radziwill. At the award ceremony, Hübner referred to the first reactions to the product
launch during the international "Paint - Finishing and Facade" trade fair last year in
Cologne. "We immediately realized what a promising product we offer with Fantastic
Fleece. The sales figures impressively reflect this." The "eurodecor" editorial team
conducted its fourth trading survey on the best-selling product last year. Readers were The different spray angles of the nozzles are

able to determine their "Company 2007" in twelve different categories. explained on a test surface.

The requirement was that the Capacryl

PU satin should be sprayed undiluted, i.e.
in delivery consistency. To anticipate it:
With both devices, the application
engineers achieved a very good painting
result on the pre-painted filling doors after
a short inauguration. The surfaces were
flawless. Due to the lack of dilution, the
paint showed excellent stability and thus
high painting safety, even for less
experienced spray painters. The low spray
mist formation was particularly surprising.
What fell to the floor as a spray mist was
dry dust and not a sticky film - as is usual
with soluble medium-containing paints.
The foyer of the ThyssenKrupp Steel AG training center in Duisburg-Hamborn has been bright and friendly
since its professional renovation. The previously tiled walls were clad with the new glass fleece FantasticFleece.
For a creative processing company such as Malerwerkstatt Rust, the wish of the client was both an obligation
and an incentive to present an extraordinary design idea and to implement it with the highest level of
craftsmanship.

Innovative design software

In March, Caparol received an award for its SPECTRUM 3.0
design software at the 2008 Innovation Prize. More than 1,600
products, solutions and services were submitted to the Initiative
Mittelstand competition. With Spectrum 3.0 Caparol has the
options for the design of facades and interiors.
The user has a marketing tool with a unique selling point at his disposal. The low-cost
purchase and one-day training courses throughout Germany guarantee customer-oriented
advice. The DVD enables a holistic interior design which, in addition to colours and
structures, includes a variety of materials for floors such as carpet, linoleum and parquet
and includes fabrics for curtains, furniture and interior profiles. Apart from a large image
database, facades and interiors can be photographed by customers, prepared according
to individual wishes and printed out for presentation, sent digitally or shown in a slide
show. After the software was also in great demand abroad, a multilingual version was
Durch die Erwärmung des Lackes trocknet dieser
developed. Further information on the award-winning design software is available on the
an der Düse und am Berührungsschutz an. Das
Internet at www.spectrum3.eu.
macht eine gelegentliche Reinigung erforderlich.
 Technikforum31

Spray-painting is a pleasure: very Top results with both devices and Capacryl PU satin, whether wet (left) or dry.

stable paint and little spray mist.

A nozzle with a diameter of 0.008 inch regelten Materialtemperatur eine Konstante

and a spray angle of 40° C (nozzle 408) was
selected for both devices. The paint
temperature was 17° C. That was also the
ambient and underground temperature. The
work was carried out under the conditions
customary at the construction site. At this
temperature, the Graco required a spraying
pressure of 180 bar (spraying pressure =
pressure with the trigger at the gun fully
extended). The Wagner Finish 350 with
TempSpray allowed an approx. 20 bar lower
spraying pressure due to the material heating
to 60° C.
geschaffen. Hier dürfte dann auch ein Vor-
Trotz des niedrigeren Druckes beim Wag- teil des TempSpray liegen. Das Graco ST
ner-Gerät konnten keine sichtbaren Unter- MAX 395 gefiel mit der FineFinish-Düse
schiede in der Spritznebelbildung festgestellt (auch von Wagner erhältlich) durch einen
werden. Hier verhält sich der Capacryl PU- sehr feinen und weichen Spritzstrahl, der ein
Satin offenbar sehr tolerant. sehr kontrolliertes Spritzen ermöglichte.
Es ist jedoch nicht auszuschließen, daß Es ist ein sehr erfreuliches Ergebnis, daß
andere Lacke deutlicher reagieren. Auch der Lackierer mit beiden Geräten in der
wenn sich bei diesem begrenzten Test Lage ist, wasserverdünnbare Lacke wie den
keine Vorteile durch die Erwärmung des Capacryl PU-Satin in hervorragender Ober-
Lackes zeigten, so ist dieser Ansatz sicher flächenqualität zu lackieren. Die Kombina-
richtig. Besonders bei stark schwankenden tion von fortschreitender Gerätetechnik und
Verarbeitungsbedingungen wird mit der ge- Lacktechnik bringt sichtbaren Fortschritt. <

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